"I'm not joking, Doctor, you may really be in danger... Oh, just now! That's exactly what happened just now!"
Peter, as if suddenly remembering something, balled up one hand into a fist, striking it against the palm of his other hand, saying, "That light just now, just happened to pierce you, such a coincidence is too much! This might be the manifestation of the curse taking effect!"
"Wait! Dr. Shiller, you need to get out of here quickly, I'll escort you out!" Peter was extremely anxious, grabbing Shiller's arm, intending to take him away.
Shiller, however, calmly removed his hand and looked seriously at Peter, saying, "Peter, do you intend to leave this way, doing nothing?"
"I... but I have to ensure your safety..."
"If we leave, it's not just me who might be in danger, but every living being in the entire universe." Shiller sighed, looking up into the interior of Klinter Star.
In the once pitch-black space, a beam of light spread out from the gap. This silent ancient cage that stood in the Andromeda Galaxy has finally been broken today.
With the disappearance of the cage, Nal's insane laughter resounded.
A cloud of black mist flew out of the gap, looking at the infinite starlight outside, those blood-red eyes growing brighter and brighter. All the power consolidated into a white-haired silhouette, while on this ancient planet, the lament of countless symbionts vanished into the silent cosmos.
When the boundless chaos power was released, even Solus felt suffocated. This formidable power that originated from the core of the universe was in the hands of an ancient creature, transformed into the most lethal weapon.
The oppressive feeling full of darkness made Peter almost breathless. What Shiller said was right, this universe was sinking into the danger of chaos invasion.
"Do you remember what I told you before?" Shiller turned his head, looking at Peter. Within Shiller's eyes, Peter saw an endless radiance.
As Peter cried out, Shiller's figure disappeared.
The next second, the rolling gray mist appeared in front of Nal. Even if the God of Symbiotic Body had a bad brain, he could understand that Shiller was the despicable thief.
If the Gray mist was stolen right after it was born, Nal could still bear it. But afterwards, when Shiller used the system to mock Nal, it was a huge humiliation. Besides, Shiller had mocked him twice.
When did he, the mighty God of the Symbiont, ever suffer such humiliation? And now, this low, rude thief even dared to swagger in front of him. In an instant, Nal's fury was fully ignited.
The black mist slowly dispersed, and the white-haired and red-eyed figure appeared in the universe. Although its shape has shrunk countless times, its momentum is even stronger.
This creature, older than the universe, possesses a formidable power that any gregarious creature cannot imagine. This is its capital for surviving in the universe.
Chaos power was drawn out, condensed, essenced, until it formed the shape of a longsword. Shiller held an umbrella, and Nal raised his sword. As the gray and black figures collided, the whole universe trembled.
Escaping from the interior of Klinter Star with the help of Venom and Red Maple, Peter felt the palpitations of the chaotic energy and knew that he cannot just wait for death.
According to the information provided by Red Bee inside his body, no human could possibly rival Nal. Nal is a true god, the creator, controller, and ruler of chaos power.
Peter's unease grew more intense as he swiftly traversed through the universe space, finding the Spider-Men who are entangled with Solus.
However, facing Solus of Multiverse level was also a massive test for the Spider-Men. Although there were no longer so many members of the Successor Family as their enemies, Solus, who had put all his eggs in one basket, was even more lethal.
In mid-air, the huge phantom of Solus constantly waved its arms, waves of energy storms erupted from his surroundings. The rotating Spider-Men, after a few encounters, were all injured.
Peter was caught between a rock and a hard place. He wanted to help the Spider-Men but also Shiller. Furthermore, he didn't know exactly how to participate in the battles on both sides.
But just then, Peter heard a faint voice echo in his ear, "Peter... go help who you want to help, we are still here..."
There was a touch of gentleness in Spider Silk's tone, she said, "We don't know if we can save you from your tragedy, but we still want to try, all the Spider-Men are..."
Peter closed his eyes, and when he finally gathered his courage, he saw that all the Spider-Men who surrounded Solus, were all looking at him, including Dr. Octavius Parker.
The surrounding cosmos was filled with the explosions of power, none of the Spider-men made a sound, but Peter could sense from their demeanor what they wanted to say.
In their universe, tragedy was irretrievable. Every time they remembered those who had died, who knew if, in their midnight dreams, they also longed for someone to tell them about everything before the tragedy, giving them a chance to fight to bring back their loved ones.
But faced with the cruel reality, there was little room for daydreaming. If there was a chance to make their dreams come true, even if it didn't happen to them, they would be willing to try.
Peter took a deep breath and turned around to fly towards Shiller's direction.
Reaching the other side of the battlefield, Peter realized that there was hardly any room for his intervention.
The battle between Shiller and Nal, rather than being a fight, was rather a competition of two kinds of power, using one's spear to attack the other's shield. The power that Shiller gained from Nal, even more refined after extraction, was even more essential than the Chaos Power he was using now, which only further provoked Nal.
And unseen by Peter, Shiller had been sending Nal text messages using the system. The content of these messages was extremely short but deadly, consisting of only a few characters, "Nataru".
Nal, driven to the point of losing reason in anger, ran at full tilt, drawing on the origin energy of chaos, attacking recklessly. Peter saw that Shiller, beneath the violent chaotic energy, was hard put on the defensive, even just defending seemed very difficult.
Peter charged at Nal, but was quickly thrown off. Physical attacks had little effect on a life form like Nal, and Peter was not yet skilled enough in controlling the magic energy in his own body.
Just as he was getting frantic, he saw Nal lift his longsword and thrust it at Shiller.
This should've been a very ordinary offensive move. But from Peter's vantage point, another huge ball of energy, compressed to its limit, was hidden behind Nal. Obviously, the direct attack was just a feint, Nal's real aim was to ambush Shiller with that ball of energy.
Peter shouted, "No! Move!!!"
But Shiller seemed to think that the energy shield he had erected would be enough to withstand Nal's sword, so he stood in place and didn't move.
Just as Peter, worried and frantic, was running toward Shiller, the longsword hit the shield, sparking a series of fierce sparks.
As Shiller had anticipated, Nal's sharp blade could not break through his defense, but what followed closely was a severe explosion that shattered the surrounding space.
Peter was sent flying back, and in the process of his flight, he saw that Shiller, who had hurriedly turned into gray mist, couldn't escape the formidable energy shockwave, the gray mist gradually dispersed amid the light of the explosion and its aftermath.
And when the mist had vanished, Peter finally arrived at his destination, he saw a dark shadow slowly falling.
Shiller, like a leaf falling from a branch in late autumn, was caught by the gravitational pull of a star after being caught in the vortex of fluctuating energy, and began to fall uncontrollably, akin to the moth that flutters toward the light or the dragonfly that falls into water.
During the descent, strands of his hair flew upward as if trying to grasp something, but when Peter held onto Shiller, his body began to dissipate along with the fading energy, swallowed up in the endless sea of fire of the star.
Peter heard a sigh, which slowly faded away in the cosmos:
"With great power, comes great responsibility."